Pratylenchus (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae): Diagnosis, Biology, Pathogenicity and Management

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15564-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 530 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 953 g

Reihe: Nematology Monographs and Perspectives

Root-lesion nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus are recognised worldwide as one of the major constraints of crops of primary economic importance. Pratylenchus spp. comprises around 70 nominal species of worldwide distribution which parasitize a wide variety of plants. The book consists of ten chapters and presents summarised and specialised information concerning the importance of the Pratylenchus species in: agricultural crops, and their world distribution (chapter 1); taxonomy, systematic, general morphology and diagnostic traits of Pratylenchus spp. including new technologies based on biochemical and molecular analyses (chapters 2-6); biology, epidemiology, ecology, host-parasite relationships, and pathogenicity (chapters 7-9). Finally, it illustrates different management strategies for Pratylenchus species, including, crop rotation, host-plant resistance, chemical control, soil solarisation, and biological control (chapter 10).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Castillo, Pablo

Vovlas, Nicola

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Parasitologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenpathologie, Pflanzenkrankheiten

Über Autor(innen)

Pablo Castillo, Ph.D. (1988) in Nematology, University of Granada (Spain), is Research Scientist in the Institute of Sustainable Agriculture belonging to the Spanish Council for Scientific Research. He has published extensively on Nematology.
Nicola Vovlas, BSc in Agronomy, University of Bari (Italy), is Research Leader in Nematology in Institute for Plant Protection, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. He has published extensively on Nematology.

Available from the same authors: Bionomics and Identification of the Genus Rotylenchus (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae) (Brill, 2005).